A pleasant Sunday morning ended up in an altercation with a guy whose mutt dropped its shite right in front of my house. And this, with the guy standing and watching nonchalantly. When I asked (you think so?) him how his civic sense was so low, and that how he could allow this to happen, I was shocked on hearing, "koi law hai to batao yaaro". Now, do we need laws & rules to keep people from making their pets to defecate around the world? How is it that our sense of hygiene and sanitation reached such lows? The same guy or anyone in his place would ensure this doesn’t happen in front his own house, would he? World over there are rules where-in pet owners need to carry a bag and collect the faeces. Even in Mumbai there are action groups which keep the pressure mounted on BMC to monitor and ensure that the faeces are collected and discarded by pet owners all by themselves. My question is, will only an iron fisted approach be the solution to something as basic keeping our own surroundings clean? People should understand the dangers of leaving pet wastes in the streets that in turn would affect their own surroundings. It is learnt that this waste in turn reaches our drains/gutters and then to all the connected natural water bodies. The same waste then comes back to us through the sea food we eat. Now pl tell me, whether bye-laws and govt. rulings to stop us dirtying our environment or a concerted action by way of educating pet owners would be more effective? I think we all know the anwer.
Out of Sight ....but not....Out of Mind...!! Wanted to write a blog only once I saw myself changing....and have I?...Yes,I have changed to some extent and will keep on changing until apocalypse :p :p (it was meant on a lighter note, people...dunno whether the world ends in 2012, and don't even want to specualte) With this post, I want to bring into light the common man's perception about the heritage of India. Let's just focus on 'one of the many' such places - THE INDIA GATE - a landmark that commemorates the live's lost fighting the British Empire , along with the 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' which pays homage to the ones lost in the 1971 Ino-Pak war. However on a recent visit, it appeared that it was more of a 'fun spot' and less of a 'rememberance spot'. The purpose for anyone's visit there, especially the residents of Delhi, is to eat (throw here and there) , play in the pond (having bath in the water and how can we forget ...throw
:D :D.....its funny how such ignorant ppl want to live life in a grand way by keeping pets but simply forget to follow standard hygiene rules.....
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